Object details
Object number
4.b.5.3
Creator(s)
Title
Metamorphoses [Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon libri XV. : In singulas quasque fabulas argumenta. Ex postrema Iac. Micylli recognitione]
Date
1567
Medium
Printed ink on paper
Language
Latin
Publication Place
Frankfurt
Binding Description
Original hogskin binding; brass catches, the clasps gone
Description
1 vol. ([16], 573, [19] pages) : paper ; ill. ; 18 cm. (8°)
Dimensions
17.8 x 11.4 cm (7 x 4 1/2 in.)
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings
Inscribed (binding, front cover): "EAA" and "1568"
Marked (binding, front cover): coat of arms of the Elector of Saxony
Inscribed (binding, back cover): "INSIGNIA VRBIS WITEBER" and "NIL VALIIDAE IVVERE ARCES AVT ROBORA BELLI SED MERITO PIETAS POPVLIS FORTISSIMA TVRRIS. H. CANTZ."
Enclosed note inscribed in blue ink: Aunt Belle / with love and Merry Christmas / from John Gardner
Provenance
Probably in the collection of Augustus, Elector of Saxony (1526-1586), about 1568.
Gift from John Lowell Gardner II (1867-1938), to Isabella Stewart Gardner on 25 December of an unknown year.
Commentary
Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.
Bibliography
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Books from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1906), p. 52.
Isabella Stewart Gardner. A Choice of Manuscripts and Bookbindings from the Library of Isabella Stewart Gardner, Fenway Court (Boston, 1922), p. 73.
Gallery
Long Gallery
Case
Horn Book Case
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